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Maryland Researchers Found New Biofuel-Producing Bacteria

Annika Tostengard — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:12:54 +0000

A new paper, about to be published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, describes how researchers have found certain strains of bacteria that can produce mass amounts of biofuel. Manufacturing and agriculture could use their biological waste as a source of cleaner, more sustainable energy. The scientists identified bacteria that can produce ethanol and 1-butanol, […]

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Garbage Bacteria May Cut Biofuel Production Costs

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:50:58 +0000

A new species of bacterium, which was later named Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus, has been discovered in a garbage dump in Illinois that increases biofuel yield from plants by breaking down the hemicellulose, a major component of a plant’s cell wall that are not broken down by bacterial species currently used in biomass fermentation. One major challenge […]

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Gasoline-Replacing Biofuel Produced by Bacteria Strain Developed at MIT

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:55:16 +0000

If you’re a follower of The Green Optimistic, I bet you remember the article where I was telling you how they crush micro-bugs to get the biofuel out. Well, now MIT scientists figured out a way to have bacteria producing biofuels without squishing them – just like that. The bacterium used in the MIT experiment […]

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Xylofuel Using Cow Rumen Microbes to Transform Hydrogen and CO2 Into Alcohol and Gasoline-Like Fuels

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:08:39 +0000

Scientists at Xylofuel LLC, a startup from Columbia, MD, discovered microorganisms that convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen to alcohols and hydrocarbons similar to the components of gasoline. The gases are inexpensive to produce as industrial byproducts or from heating or anaerobic digestion of biomass. The fuels produced by microbial isolates include hexane and other medium length alkanes.

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Cheese-Making Bacterium Studied For Possible Biofuel Producing Capabilities

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:08:53 +0000

A bacterium that usually transforms milk into cheese is now being hunted by researchers who want to "convince" it that its natural vocation can also help to produce biofuels. This story is about Lactococcus lactis.

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